Ominous loop

The answer

NOOSE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOOSE answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NOOSE

Every other clue in this collection answered by NOOSE, most used first.

• Lasso loop - used 68 times, most recently in 2020
• Rope loop - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• Lariat loop - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Snare - used 33 times, most recently in 2009
• Hangman's knot - used 24 times, most recently in 2015
• Hangman's loop - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Gallows sight - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Gallows loop - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Loop - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Gallows item - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Lethal loop - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Choker - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Halter. - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Oater "necktie" - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Part of a springe - used 9 times, most recently in 1993
• Trap - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Adjustable loop - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Calf-roping loop - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Loop with a slipknot - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Oater omen - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Slipknot loop - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Western "necktie" - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Slipknot - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Springe part - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Cowboy's loop - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Lasso end - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Lasso feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Looped rope - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Oater choker - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Wild West justice - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• In the loop - AWARE, used 75 times
• Knock for a loop - AMAZE, used 26 times
• Embroidery loop - PICOT, used 22 times
• Knocks for a loop - STUNS, used 16 times
• Ornamental loop - PICOT, used 15 times
• More ominous - DIRER, used 14 times

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